diff --git a/docs/developer.md b/docs/developer.md
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@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ Next steps:
 * Handle units (right now assumes units are the same in model and datasets and match what is input with `vocab_labels` for labels on plots)
 * Handle time zones. Currently assumes everything in UTC. Removes timezones if present.
 * Make dataset handling more flexible such that if a dataset featuretype is amenable, don't require T, Z, lon, or lat to be in separate columns. Currently all are required but in the future e.g. a `timeSeries` dataset could only have the depth defined in the catalog metadata since it doesn't vary.
+* add functions to test_plot.py to test scatter and pcolormesh
+* expand docs to show other model-data comparison examples, possibly using synthetic data
diff --git a/docs/whats_new.md b/docs/whats_new.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # What's New
 
-## v1.2.0 (November 6, 2023)
+## v1.2.0 (November 27, 2023)
 * Added capability for running HF Radar as quiver plot, over time or single time.
 
 ## v1.1.0 (October 13, 2023)